A year-end Exercise in Positive Expectancy Hō‘imi is another Hawaiian value, one that blends parts of Managing with Aloha’s ‘Imi ola (create your best possible life) and Ka lā hiki ola (hope, promise, and optimism), with generous helpings of Nānā i ke kumu (look to your source, particularly with Sense of Place). Hō‘imi is a […]

Kūlia i ka nu‘u Kūlia i ka nu‘u is the Managing with Aloha value of accomplishment and achievement. The literal translation for Kūlia i ka nu‘u is “strive to reach the summit.” Those who have this value continually pursue improvement and personal excellence. For them, the most satisfying competition is with their previous selves: They […]

After publishing this: Nothing’s Final in the Managed with Aloha Workplace, I happened upon an essay on Medium with this coaching: Don’t Get Lost in Being Right. – 5 Steps to Reducing Rage and Having Better Conversations, by Rajen Sanghvi. How to have better conversations will always catch my attention! What Sanghvi brings to light […]

I know that several of you have turned our November/December Value Your Month to Value Your Life value pairing of ‘Ike loa (the value of learning) and Ha‘aha‘a (the value of humility) into a triplet in November, adding Mahalo (the value of thankfulness) to the mix: From our index page: As a value, Mahalo includes […]

The value of learning might very well be prime example of a value that most of us share, for learning is also a human being’s survival skill. What differs between us, is how much this value reaches into our lives above pure survival — above those hierarchy levels Maslow called our physiological needs (survival), safety […]

The Results of our Lesson Plan When I suggest journaling or self-coaching exercises to you, you can bet that I’m doing them too. So I tackled the one presented in Honor Your Survivors as my weekend project. It was great! To review the exercise suggestion: “Rewrite these five lessons into manageMEANT lessons. What can these […]

Preface: In the dawning of a brand new year, many of us enjoy looking ahead, and mapping out new projects. I’m feeling some déjà vu here… May I suggest a way we are well advised to slow down? As those who follow my finds and photos on Ho‘ohana Aloha can attest to, gardening is a […]